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- George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
4: | order=41st President
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]]
19: ...dash;[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[George W. Bush]]. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
4: *[[Andrew Aagesen|Aagesen, Andrew]], (1826-1879), Danish jurist
6: ...et Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
9: ...[Julius Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ..., however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Ma...
13: ...se assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his ...
15: ...ives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...iage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second s... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...o Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolved. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has bee...
6: ...cluded active participation in various social causes.
8: ... at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], after the election ...
11: ...r's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [...
13: ...overnment of a Muslim-majority state in modern times. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
30: ! Predecessor:
33: ! Successor:
34: | [[Morarji Desai]] - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...rently the chairwoman of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] in the [[Lok Sabha]].
7: ...] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]...
11: ...ok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the Congress Party. With the charisma of the family name behi...
13: ...nt]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
15: ...e lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her decision. Gandhi... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...ish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ... Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...e:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
7: ...r of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
18: ...74]]. She joined the Social Democratic Party in [[1971]]. - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
6: ...ronment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: ...[[1990]], she was a member of the [[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) for the Greens.
12: ...instance at [http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JF93/hertsgaard.html], [http://peopleinaction.inf...
14: ...6.html] [http://www.petra-kelly-archiv.de/] and presents, since [[1998]], the international Petra Kell... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
12: |'''Predecessor'''
15: |'''Successor'''
25: |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
27: ...s nominated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] on [[February 11]], [[199...
30: ...mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno h... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...[feminism|feminist]] and [[journalist]] and a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and o...
5: ...e traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]...
8: ...cholarship winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adla...
9: ...!'' magazine and also freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance w...
12: ...n this role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the li...
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
17: *A Legi㯠Estrangeira (1964) - Foreign Legion - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ... image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist ph...
11: ...press goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on...
19: ...m Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter...
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